1 Thessalonians 4:6
not to transgress and to cheat his brother in the affair, because the Lord is vengeful about all these things, as also we forewarned you and solemnly testified.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5not in passion of lust, as also the Gentiles who have not known God,
7For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Cross References
Exodus 20:17Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.
Leviticus 19:13Thou shall not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Leviticus 25:17And ye shall not wrong each other, but thou shall fear thy God, for I am LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 25:13Thou shall not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Witness against me before LORD, and before his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or of whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with i
Psalms 94:1O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 4:2-9
Exhortations to Holiness; Caution against Impurity. ( a. d. 51.) 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust… Read the whole commentary →